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Hiking Biking Mountain biking Horseback riding Picnicking Camping Backpacking Rock climbing and bouldering Swimming Boating Canoeing Birding Nature photography Geocaching Cross country skiing Skate-skiing Winter hiking Snowshoeing Snowmobiling |
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Hunting and Fishing |
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No hunting. The park may hold one or more managed hunts in the fall. In most cases, Minnesota residents do not need a permit to fish in Minnesota State Parks. |
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Ecological Classification |
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Prairie Parkland Province |
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North Central Glaciated Plains |
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Minnesota River Prairie |
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Land Type Association | Horton Till Plain Milan Alluvial Plain |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) Mesic Prairie (Southern) Wet Prairie (Southern) |
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Bonanza Area
Bonanza Prairie SNA lies within the borders of this park in the Bonanza Area.
Meadowbrook Area
The Meadowbrook Area contains the park office, boat landing, and camping area but is otherwise undeveloped.
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Bonanza Area |
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Benkowski Falls |
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Benkowski Falls |
Meadowbrook Area |
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Scenic Walk along Big Stone State Park's Bonanza-Lake Traverse Shoreline |
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Uploaded on Feb 6, 2009 Taking a long scenic walk along the shoreline of Lake Traverse (headwaters of Minnesota River) at Big Stone State Park's "Bonanza Grove" on September 27th of 2008. Earlier I was listening to the Twins vs. White Sox (regular season) game, which we lost (losing the chance to "clinch" the central division title)! http://bigstone.goodnewsminnesota.info/ |
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Insects and Arachnids |
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painted lady (Vanessa cardui) | ![]() |
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whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) | ![]() |
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9/4/2009 7/27/2012 |
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) |
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Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) | ![]() |
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Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) convergent lady beetle (Hippodamia convergens) dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) |
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American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) UPs13d |
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absinthe wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bracted vervain (Verbena bracteata) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. viridis) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) long-headed coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum) purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) western marbleseed (Lithospermum occidentale) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white vervain (Verbena urticifolia) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed) Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Antennaria neglecta (field pussytoes) Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp) Arctium minus (common burdock) Artemisia absinthium (absinthe wormwood) Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Asparagus officinalis (asparagus) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Chenopodium album (common lambsquarters) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive) Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Helianthus annuus (common sunflower) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Lepidium densiflorum (prairie peppergrass) Lithospermum occidentale (western marbleseed) Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus (bird’s-foot trefoil) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Ratibida columnifera (long-headed coneflower) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Setaria viridis var. viridis (green foxtail) Sonchus arvensis (perennial sow thistle) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue) Tilia americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Verbena bracteata (bracted vervain) |
Bonanza Prairie SNA
Bonanza Prairie Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) lies within the borders of Big Stone Lake State Park. The sightings on this page do not include any sightings made within the SNA. See that page for those sightings.
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